Grand Forks Part II
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Joel's house is safe. I just spoke with him on the phone about a half hour ago. His neighbor's dike failed and they are pulling sandbags and slowly letting it fill to the contingency dike in the street. Joel and his dad sandbagged around their house so they are protected from the neighbor. They are basically playing the waiting game now.
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itRfan;268357 wrote:
jesus this shit is so fucked up..information that is.. My wife and i were told that there could be a possible evac ALL of fargo,west fargo and moorhead??? Then the height of the river jesus i have heard about 20 different heights...40.32,40.47,40 this 40 that and just 20 minutes ago i was told from my boss that it was at 40.75 and has been like that since 4:15??? NOW on the weather channel they say its a 42?? WTF man the info is just getting crazy....They did a dry run with shutting down the interstate from Jamestown today. I'm sure they were testing how long it would take to completely clear it and reroute it. Theres no reason they closed it for as short as they did, only to reopen it. If we evac, it will be both sides of the road.
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nuts. hard to imagine living in the actual city part that theres shit that looks like that just a few miles away..
good to hear about joels battle.
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My brother and i hauled sandbags Thursday and Friday to help build up the sandbag dike on so 2ND st near so river shore DR in moorhead. We have 6 sump pumps, a big gas powered pump, and a generator with 30 gallons of gas setup. :icon_cheers:
Anyone here live in this neighborhood? :icon_scratch:
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DelSlow;268379 wrote:
All the **rumors **and false information going around is getting a little ridiculous. That is what is making this 'chaos.'i heard its going to 50 and everyone is being forced to evacuate. if you don't comply you'll be shot on site
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DelSlow;268382 wrote:
Oh a friend of mine heard from a guy that heard his mailman say that the City knows the dikes are going to fail and they just don't want people to panic.my cousins best friends sister who is the mayors mistress, told me that Fargo is actually planning on sabataging the dike for flood inssurance money.
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DelSlow;268379 wrote:
All the **rumors **and false information going around is getting a little ridiculous. That is what is making this 'chaos.'Compared to your accurate info?
DelSlow: "I live by the water treatment plant so im good. If we go under you'll all fucked."
Then the DelSlow: "does anyone have spare sandbags" post
Then you ended up leaving right? Yes you are the source of truth. Pffffftttttt.
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If you guys think every dike is going to make I think you're wrong..... I hate to say it, but something will fail somewhere before this is done. Do the city officials know it, probably, would they say it, never. These dikes have never been tested to these pressures and the extra weight we have on top of them.
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if they build it right its got a chance, for every foot you raise it build it out 2 feet.
we'll see.
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63vette;268385 wrote:
Then you ended up leaving right? Yes you are the source of truth. Pffffftttttt.I ended up leaving for the night because of...drum roll...misinformation. I got a knock from the FPD telling me to evac, then later I find out it wasn't for my 'area.'
Swing and a miss.
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63vette;268389 wrote:
Seriously though, Bill is right. The dikes are not even being stressed that hard yet and have to take a week more. It will be a miracle if they all hold.Vette said this so it must be true. He's older, thus he knows about dikes and stress levels. Duh. Common people.
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Well, on a lighter note.
I was at Michelson Park today with about 200 other people and we were going to town raising the bags they had there. After about 4 hours or so, the NG/City of Fargo engineers measured it and said "Holy crap why are we doing this?" Apparently with all the help that people were giving it was no built to about 45'.
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